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From: Ashton Crusher on 18 May 2010 01:39 On Mon, 17 May 2010 22:33:55 -0700, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >Let's start with a few use cases, from which we can derive the >requirements, and from there do the design, waterfall-model style. > >So what sorts of bad things do we want to protect our cars against? > >Theft? Certainly. >Burglary? Sure! >Careless door dings in the supermarket parking lot? We can try. :) >Ferris Bueller style valet parking? Damn straight! >Mechanics who take your sports car out for a 150 MPH "test drive" (or >use your Corolla to run their personal errands)? Yuppers! >Carjacking? That'd be cool. > >Any others? I'd settle for theft protection. I can control the other issues to a much greater degree. Is the perfect anti-theft system allowed to fatally react against the perp?
From: necromancer on 18 May 2010 07:59 On Mon, 17 May 2010 22:39:17 -0700, Ashton Crusher <demi(a)moore.net> wrote: >Is the perfect anti-theft system allowed to >fatally react against the perp? I like that idea... -- "Why won't you let me set off the bomb, you bastards??" --Adrian Edmondson as Vyvyan Basterd
From: Matthew Russotto on 18 May 2010 21:43 In article <u965v5hbaldek7rvtk7u87lhtbndhc8jqn(a)4ax.com>, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >OK, so come up with some scenarios (or an entire use case) where the >perp gets it. Example: > >1 Carjacker approaches car in a lonbely parking lot, demands that >driver hand over the keys. >2 Driver hits a button igniting the under-car flame-throwers, >incinerating would-be carjacker. >3 Driver drives off into the sunset. This one has been done, in South Africa. -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need.
From: AZ Nomad on 18 May 2010 21:54 On Tue, 18 May 2010 06:45:12 -0700, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >Last time on rec.autos.driving, necromancer ><Zidane's_Last_Red_Card(a)worldofnecromancer_no_spam_no_way.org> said: >>On Mon, 17 May 2010 22:39:17 -0700, Ashton Crusher <demi(a)moore.net> >>wrote: >> >>>Is the perfect anti-theft system allowed to >>>fatally react against the perp? >> >>I like that idea... >OK, so come up with some scenarios (or an entire use case) where the >perp gets it. Example: >1 Carjacker approaches car in a lonbely parking lot, demands that >driver hand over the keys. >2 Driver hits a button igniting the under-car flame-throwers, >incinerating would-be carjacker. >3 Driver drives off into the sunset. Such boobytraps would invariably kill the owner of the car. Try it some time.
From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 18 May 2010 23:33
Its been done. A badge on the vehicle that says "Diesel". -- Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul(a)Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard drive? |